Install SickGear [1] Windows_old

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Windows 7 and newer

Steps re-verified and updated: 22 Jul 2020 with Python 3.8.5

The following 5 step installation guide should take no longer than 10 mins to complete.

Requirements..

• Git for Windows, click 'Download', scroll down, then choose a 32 or 64 bit exe
• Python 3.9.4 64 bit / 32 bit Save on install host, not a network drive

For newer Python 3 releases...

• Windows 7+ non-official Python releases

1. Install Git for Windows, note the installation location for the post installation stage
   Use the default install options except the highlighted changes in the following screenshots...

Git options to change during installation

2. Skip to fresh installation* if Python is not installed. Otherwise, the following steps list existing Python modules to reinstall later and backoff the existing Python install. You must exit everything that uses the existing Python installation, then at a command prompt, copy/paste/enter...

• md c:\pyold && cd c:\pyold

• python -m pip list >piplist.txt && type piplist.txt ...to save list of existing modules^a1

• move c:\python3 c:\python3_orig ... replace "3" if needed. this creates space for the new install

  fresh installation^*

• Install the downloaded Python with default options (but DO add python.exe to Path)

Python options to change during installation

• To verify the Python installation, open a new command prompt (as Administrator) and copy/paste/enter...

  • python -V ... (Capital V) and make sure that the installed Python version is output
  • python -m pip list ...to view current installed modules

  A fresh install will list python modules (expect a notice about old pip version)...

    pip        19.2.3
    setuptools 41.2.0

• Update the base modules, copy/paste/enter...
  You will get errors and fail if you do not open the command prompt as Administrator
  • python -m pip install -U pip
  • python -m pip install -U setuptools
  • python -m pip list ...to view current installed modules

    Package    Version
    ---------- -------
    pip        20.1.1
    setuptools 49.2.0

• Install and verify some other modules^a2 copy/paste/enter...
  • python -m pip install cheetah3
  • python -m pip install ndg-httpsclient
  • python -m pip install lxml
  • python -m pip install regex

Once done, you may reference piplist.txt^a1 to re-install^a2 any required modules into this new install.

• python -m pip list expect a list similar to the following,

    Package         Version
    --------------- ---------
    cffi            1.14.0
    Cheetah3        3.2.5
    cryptography    2.9.2
    lxml            4.5.2
    ndg-httpsclient 0.5.1
    pip             20.1.1
    pyasn1          0.4.8
    pycparser       2.20
    pyOpenSSL       19.1.0
    regex           2020.6.8
    setuptools      49.2.0
    six             1.15.0

If this is a fresh install, continue at step (3), if you are here for how to get updates..

Tip: to see what modules are outdated, from an Administrator cmd prompt, copy/paste/enter...

• python -m pip list --outdated

to update modules later on in time, from an Administrator cmd prompt, copy/paste/enter...

• python -m pip install -U pip
• python -m pip install -U cryptography

cryptography may also upgrade setuptools, enum34, ipaddress, pyasn, six, idna, cffi, and pycparser
Therefore, only the following may need individual upgrades, copy/paste/enter...

• python -m pip install -U ndg-httpsclient
• python -m pip install -U pyOpenSSL
• python -m pip install -U cheetah3
• python -m pip install -U six
• python -m pip list

And to upgrade any post install speedups that you may be taking advantage of, copy/paste/enter...

• python -m pip install -U lxml
• python -m pip install -U regex

3. Create folders for SG, its data, then fetch its files, copy/paste/enter...

• md c:\SickGear && cd c:\SickGear
• md data
• git clone https://github.com/SickGear/SickGear

tip: reboot Windows if the git command is not found

Note: Do NOT use vbs scripts to start SG, they're a 100% nonsense, instead simply...

(Running Python as a Windows service (SCM) is not recommended or supported)

4. Create a SickGear shortcut... right click on the desktop, select 'New'/'Shortcut', in 'Location' enter

• <path_to_python_exe>\pythonw.exe C:\SickGear\SickGear\sickgear.py --datadir "C:\SickGear\data"

Click Next and Finish. (Tip: You can enter the above in a console window to test - it is that simple).

Alternatively; if you want to see a SickGear console output window, enter 'Location' above as...

• <path_to_python_exe>\python.exe C:\SickGear\SickGear\sickgear.py --datadir "C:\SickGear\data" (no 'w')

It failed? Run one of the above from a console, the output should guide you to the issue, (e.g. bad Python version)

5. Copy the shortcut to your startup folder to auto run each bootup, double click it to run now

Nearly done, you can access SickGear at http://localhost:8081

Post installation

In SickGear, at page /config/general/advanced set 'Git executable path' to that noted in step 1...
E.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe

All Done - now go play

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